End of the IPCC: one mistake too many - April 7, 2010

'Climategate' suggests a conspiracy to commit fraud by a small gang of influential UN panel scientists

By S FRED SINGER
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The 'climate establishment', with a vested interest in maintaining climate scares and fanning fears, is desperately trying to save the IPCC and the AGW myth. A number of 'investigations' have been started, mostly trying to excuse IPCC errors and 'whitewash' the frauds committed. The latest such effort involves national science academies, called on by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. But it's too late: the public no longer trusts the UN, the IPCC, and its prophets of doom.

Transportation groups stake early claims to carbon fees as climate bill develops - The Hill's E2-Wire

A slew of transportation groups are pressing the bill’s architects to ensure all the money raised through planned carbon fees on motor fuels is plowed back into road and transit projects.

House liberals shift climate tactics, will not draw 'lines in the sand' - The Hill's E2-Wire

“We learned that the Senate does not always — in fact doesn’t ever — take the work that the House has done,” said Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.), a vice chairman of SEEC.

Holt added that while it was essential to put a price on carbon and invest heavily in new energy research, “you have to be willing to compromise.”